Action steps

By KEVIN O'CONNOR Staff Writer
The Art of Action may be the most expensive, elaborate and bureaucratically involved show ever mounted in Vermont. Divided into three exhibits, it consists of 105 commissioned works by 10 artists. Its theme: the future of Vermont. Philanthropist Lyman Orton, owner of the Vermont Country Store, is covering its $400,000 cost. The Vermont Arts Council is coordinating its 10-month statewide tour — which started in southern Vermont and has worked its way north — with conceptual input from the Vermont Council on Rural Development. The biggest chunk of “The Art of Action” landed at Burlington International Airport for a six-week stay starting December 1. Most of the previous stops have been just two weeks long.